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Conrad, Susan – Journal of Engineering Education, 2017
Background: Numerous studies have identified a gap between the writing skills of engineering program graduates and the demands of writing in the workplace; however, few studies have analyzed the writing of practitioners and students to better understand that gap and inform teaching materials. Purpose: This study sought to compare word-level,…
Descriptors: College Students, Engineering Education, Civil Engineering, Writing Skills
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Holden, Mark P.; Newcombe, Nora S.; Resnick, Ilyse; Shipley, Thomas F. – Cognitive Science, 2016
Memory for spatial location is typically biased, with errors trending toward the center of a surrounding region. According to the category adjustment model (CAM), this bias reflects the optimal, Bayesian combination of fine-grained and categorical representations of a location. However, there is disagreement about whether categories are malleable.…
Descriptors: Memory, Spatial Ability, Bias, Bayesian Statistics